%0 Journal Article %J Journal of the Marine Biological Association of United Kingdom %D 2003 %T The genus Asterodinium (Dinophyceae) as a possible biological indicator of warming in the western Mediterranean Sea %A F. Gomez %A H. Claustre %K Asterodinium sp. %K biodiversité %K biodiversity %K biogéographie %K biogeography %K biological indicator %K changement climatique %K climate change %K dinoflagellate %K dinoflagellé %K dinophyceae %K environmental indicator %K espèce d'eau chaude %K indicateur environemental %K Italie %K Italy %K Ligurian Sea %K Mediterranean sea %K Méditerranée nord-occidentale %K Méditerrannée occidentale %K Mer Ligure %K Mer Méditerranée %K Mer Tyrrhénienne %K north-western Mediterranean %K phytoplancton %K réchauffement %K Tyrrhenian Sea %K warm-water species %K warming %K western Mediterranean %V 83 %X

The presence of two dinoflagellate species of the genus Asterodinium, which are a priori representative of warm waters, is reported for the first time in the western Mediterranean Sea. Asterodinium libanum was identified in the Bay of Villefranche-sur- Mer (Ligurian Sea), while Asterodinium gracile is reported in theTyrrhenian Sea. These findings are discussed in the context of the progressive warming of Mediterranean waters.